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Many aspects emerge for me from the music of Schubert: His tragic short life (Listen to the opening introduction to this symphony), and the marvelous interplay he frequently composed between the strings and the wind …

Sergei Prokofiev composed the original version of the Overture on Hebrew Themes during his visit in New York in 1920. He composed it for a chamber group that specialized in Klezmer and other Jewish music. …

Gabriela Montero is a Venezuelan classical pianist who is particularly known for adding improvisations to her performances. Gabriela Montero was born on May 10, 1970 in Caracas Venezuela; Montero gave her first public piano recital …

The original sketch for Schumann’s C-major Symphony took less than a week’s effort, but its completion, delayed by bouts of failing health took nearly a year. With Mendelssohn’s encour- agement, the task was finally completed …

Franz Schubert’s  String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden,” is one of the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. Writing in 1824, Schubert did what many great composers do: he borrowed from himself. The …